Housing Reports
The extracts on these pages come mainly from evidence submitted to the Royal Commission on housing conditions of the Industrial Population of Scotland, rural & urban. Their report was published in 1918. Edited extracts from the report are available here
Additional reports on Lanarkshire Housing are from Annual Reports of the County & District Medical Officer. See also the 1910 report for more on Lanarkshire housing
Fife
- Kelty - mentions Adam's Terrace; Dewar's Row; Pleasance; picture of Earls Row
- Cowdenbeath - mentions Broad Street, Arthur Place Arthur Street Thistle Street Landale Terrace
- Lochgelly - mentions Launcherhead; picture of Auchterderran Rd
- Glencraig & Lochore - pictures of Waverley Street & Montrose Crescent Lochore
- Lumphinnans - mentions Sligo Street Mungall Street and Main Street
- Bowhill, Cardenden & Dundonald
The following places can be found on the general Fife page:
West Quality Street, Burgh of Dysart; Fitzroy Square, Burgh of Dysart; 47 High Street, Burgh of Dysart; West Wemyss; East Wemyss; Coaltown of Wemyss; Methil and Buckhaven; Methilhill and Kirkland; Windygates; Kirkcaldy; Leven, Wellsgreen, Milton of Balgonie, and Coaltown of Balgonie; Valleyfield; Townhill; Kingseat; Dunfermline area.
Lanarkshire
For more on Lanarkshire housing see the 1910 report
- Blantyre Pages - Craighead Rows, Blantyre; Merry's Rows, Blantyre; Low Blantyre Village; Dixon's Rows, Blantyre
- Hamilton Pages - Udston Rows, Dykehead, Hamilton; Quarter Colliery Rows; Low Quarter; Cadzow Rows; Ferniegair; Allanton Rows; Eddlewood Colliery Rows; Ross St, Ferniegair
- New Monkland Pages - Eastfield Rows, New Monkland Parish; Eastfield, New Monkland Parish; Longriggend, New Monkland Parish; Roughrigg, New Monkland Parish; Calderbank Square & Calderbank New Square, Calderbank; White Row, Greengairs; South Stanrigg Rows
- Bothwell Parish Pages - Muirpark, Bellshill; Addie's Square, Bellshill; Hattonrigg Terrace, Bellshill; Bothwellpark Rows, Bellshill; Jerviston Square, Holytown; Baird's Square, Holytown; Hozier Street, Tannochside; Napier's Square, New Stevenston; Braidwood's Land, Uddingston; Doctor's Land, Main Street, Bellshill; Gilchrist's Land, Holytown; Lawson's Cottage, New Stevenston; Johnstonhall, Holytown; Mossend
- Coatbridge & Old Monkland Pages - Rosehall Colliery Rows, Whifflet; M'Farlane's & M'Innes' Land Baillieston
- Wishaw & Cambusnethan Pages - Orchard Row, Overtown; Stone Row, Overtown; Wemyss Row, Overtown; Morningside Square, Newmains ; Binnie's Rows, Newmains ; Morningside, Newmains
- Shotts Pages - Harthill Village and West Benhar or Muirhead Rows; West Benhar Row (Owned by Mr Forrest, Shotts); Harthill, Coltness - Shotts Parish (Houses owned by Coltness Iron Company Limited); Springhill, Stane, Shotts Kepplehill Coal Company; Gray's Land, Shotts (United Collieries Limited); Shotts District (Shotts Iron Company); Spoutscroft, Greenhill, Cleland - Shotts Parish; Dykehead, Shotts; Ravenshall, Cleland; Omoa Square
- Dalserf & Larkhall Pages - Summerlee Iron Company, Larkhall; Burnhead Rows, Larkhall; Frame Buildings, Percy St, Larkhall; Bog Colliery Rows, Dalserf; Ashgill Rows, Dalserf ; Dalserf ; Spence's Rows, High Shawsburn; Dunlop Place, Red Row ; Barr's Rows, Dalserf; Woodside, Dalserf ; Sturgeon's Rows, Netherburn
- Carnwath Area pages - New Woolfords, Carnwath; Old Woolfords, Carnwath; Quality Row, Wilsontown; Woolfords Rows; Tarbrax Village
- General Lanarkshire page: Castlehill, Carluke; Ponfeigh; Glespin; Driverholm Rows, Glespin Colliery;Stone Row, Law, Carluke ; Thornton Row, Law, Carluke ; Brownlie Rows, Law, Carluke; Woodland Square, Law, Carluke ; Newton Colliery Rows; Watsonville, Motherwell ; Old Logans Rows, Motherwell ; New Logans Rows, Motherwell; Thorniewood Rows; New Rows, Nackerty; Aitkenhead Old Rows; Newlands Rows, Bargeddie; Kirkwood and Longmuir, Bargeddie; Ellismuir, Baillieston; Blantyre Ferme, Caldervale; Cleekhimin, Carfin; West Longrigg; East Longrigg; Mossbank, Darngavil; Garnkirk.
Lothians
The following places can be found on the Lothians page:
East Benhar, Fauldhouse; Woodmuir (High Blinky), West Calder; Loganlea Rows - Addiewell, West Calder; New Houses, Stoneyburn; Cappers Rows, Bathville Rows, Armadale; New Houses, Westrigg & Blackridge, belonging to the same colliery company; Durhamtown, Bathgate; Furnace yard Rows and Newton, Bo'ness; Summerlee and Morrison's Haven, Prestonpans. ; Cuthill; Udston Colliery Co Houses at Macmerry—(1) Station Road. (2) Dandie Row (3) Stair Row; Elphinstone Village, near Tranent; Lothian Coal Company's Houses, Rosewell; Lothian Coal Company's Houses, Newtongrange; Arniston Coal Company, Limited, Hunterfield, near Gorebridge; Edinburgh Collieries Ltd, Wallyford (1) Forth View (2) Long Row (3) Chuckers Row (4) Store Row (5) Drummore Row; Newton Pencaitland.
Stirlingshire
The following places can be found on the Stirlingshire page:
Redding Square; Rumford Village; Carronview Terrace; Standrigg; California; Blackbraes; South Blackbraes; Crosscroes; Standburn; Bannockburn District; Haughs; Cowie Village; Hill Terrace; Banknock Rows; Dennyloanhead; Watson Place ; Hollandbush; Kilsyth Burgh- Kingston Rows Side Row.
Shale Mining Areas
The following places can be found on the Shale Mining Areas page:
Broxburn; Westerton - Westerton Rows ; Dalmeny; Winchburgh; Niddry; Kingscavil and Bridgend; Philpstoun; Pumpherston; Uphall Station - Beechwood Cottages, Station Rows, White Row ; Oakbank; Addiewell; West Calder; Gavieside, West Calder; Mossend, West Calder; Livingstone Station; Seafield; Breich; Deans and Starlaw; Tarbrax; Broxburn- east end, Bank Buildings,Old Town.
Ayrshire
The evidence on Ayrshire is extensive and has been split into 7 parts. Unless stated otherwise, the descriptions are from the evidence submitted to the Commission by Thomas McKerrell & James Brown (NB these were taken from the original report, not the version published in the booklet "Ayrshire Miners Rows" by Ayrshire Archaelogical and Natural History Society, 1979):
Part 1 - 1. Old Pottery, Parish of Ochiltree, near Dronqan; 2. Drongan.; 3. Gasswater Rows.; 4. Cronberry.; 5. Stable Row, parish of Auchinleck; 6. Common Row, parish of Auchinleck; 7. Darnconner, parish of Auchinleck; 8. Ballochmyle Rows, parish of Auchinleck.; 9. Broom Knowe cottages, Dalmellington.; 10. Loudoun Rows, Galston; 11. Kinloch square, Gauchalland Rows, Galston.; 12. Maxwood Rows, Galston.
Part 2 - 13. Grougar Row, near Galston.; 14. Kirkland Rows, Springside, Parish of Dreghorn; 15. Springside square, Springside, parish of Dreghorn.; 16. Springhill Row, parish of Dreghorn.; 17. Corsehill Row, Parish of Dreghorn; 18. Six Rows, parish of Dreghorn. ; 19 Corsehill Square, Parish of Dreghorn; 20. Plann Row, Parish of Kilmaurs. ; 21. Hayside Row, parish of Kilmaurs.; 22. Wee South Hook Row, Parish of Kilmaurs.; 23. High South Hook Row, Parish of Kilmaurs.; 24. Laurieland Row, Crosshouse, parish of Kilmaurs.; 25. Thornton Row, Crosshouse, Parish of Kilmaurs.
Part 3 - 26. Peesweep Rows, Dalry.; 27. Carsehead Rows, Dalry.; 28. Ardeer square, Stevenston.; 29. Greenwood Rows, parish of Dreghorn.; 30. Ironworks Square, Parish of Kilwinning; 31. Barkip, Parish of Dalry.; 32. Glengarnock Ironworks Square, Parish of Kilbirnie.
Part 4 - 33. Auchenharvie Row, Burgh of Saltcoats.; 34. Auchenharvie Cottages, Parish of Stevenston.; 35. Rankinston.; 36. Cairntable Terraces, Parish of Dalrymple; 37. Bartonholm, Parish of Irvine.; 38. Fergushill, Parish of Kilwinning.; 39. Benslie, Parish of Kilwinning; 40. Annbank, parish of Tarbolton. ; 41. Mossblown, parish of Tarbolton; 42. Drumley, parish of Tarbolton; 43. Woodside, parish of Coylton; 44. Connel park, parish of New Cumnock.
Part 5 - 45. Craigbank, Parish of New Cumnock; 46. Burnfoot Row, Parish of New Cumnock; 47. Craigmark, Parish of Dalmellington; 48. Fardlehill, Near Kilmarnock ; 49. Kelk Place, near Kilmarnock; 50. Busbie Rows, parish of Kilmaurs; 51. Hemphill, Parish of Kilmaurs; 52. Burnfoothill, Parish of Dalmellington; 53. Ponnessen Rows.; 54. Lethanhill.; 55. Kilgrammie Rows, Parish of Dailly ; 56. Skares Rows, parish of Old Cumnock; 57. Glengyron Rows, Parish of Old Cumnock; 57. Garallan Rows, parish of Old Cumnock.
Muirkirk area - 59. Glenbuck, Grasshill Row, Parish of Muirkirk and 60. Muirkirk South, Parish of Muirkirk.
Part 6 - 61. Trabboch, Parish of Stair. ; 62. Highhouse Rows, Parish of Auchinleck; 63. Hurlford, parish of Riccarton.
Part 6 also contains a short paragraph on the Company store at Lugar